Berkley, California
Don’t
Mix
Bhagavad-gita, 13.22 states, “The living entity in material nature thus follows
the ways of life, enjoying the three modes of nature. This is due to his association with that
material nature. Thus he meets with good
and evil amongst various species.”
The above divine verse is what I spoke about
at the Berkley ISKCON temple, this evening.
It’s a favourite. We have there
another one of those endorsements for reincarnation and the subject of duality. The superior energy, purusha, mixes with the inferior energy, prakriti, and then something happens—good and bad—through various
life forms. https://instagram.com/p/BZL5sYwlP6i/
What does this mean, simply? To stop the mixing we must extricate
ourselves from such strong identification with this inferior energy which
always changes and cannot be trusted.
One scholar, Chanakhya, said, “Don’t trust in asat, the temporary. Trust
in sat, the permanent.” Krishna, the Source, is permanent.
I was happy to see Guru Das join us for the
program in Berkley. He is a genuine
kind-hearted person. Also Dilip Patel
has been a real sweet soul to our party of cross-country travellers, giving us
rooms in Pacifica. Mandala is with us
for the weekend and he accompanied me in the walk in 2015 and 2016. I consider them all my “honey chiles.”
When I think about it, the Divine
Intervener, Krishna, surrounds me with such amiable people. I feel blessed. Maybe one day I’ll identify less with the prakriti.
May the Source be with you!
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